Why Should Patients with Uremia Caused by Diabetes Start Dialysis Earlier

Dialysis is an important alternative treatment for the patients with Uremia. If the patients can choose the right time to start dialysis, it can help protect their residual renal function and delay the disease progression effectively. For the patients with Uremia due to Diabetes, they should start dialysis earlier than other patients.

In Uremia caused by Diabetes, their kidneys fail at a faster speed than other patients. If the patients are complicated with hypertension, their renal function will aggravate more rapidly. Moreover, the incidence of blood vessel diseases in the patients with Diabetes is quite high and the patients are often accompanied by diabetic retinopathy and cardiovascular diseases. Once the creatinine level is less than 15 ml/min, their blood pressure will be out of control. In that condition, it usually can lead to fundus hemorrhage and life-threatening cardiovascular complications. For the patients with Diabetic Nephropathy, they usually have protein synthesis disturbance so their total muscle mass will decline. Therefore, the creatinine level can not reflect the severity of disease condition accurately. Compared with non-Diabetic Uremia patients, the patients with Uremia caused by Diabetes should start dialysis earlier. When the patients with Diabetes begin to have the early symptoms of Uremia or they have systemic edema, declined urination and the creatinine level below 15 ml/min, they should consider starting dialysis. They should not start dialysis until their creatinine level below 10 ml/min. If the patients have severe edema, resistant hypertension or serious malnutrition, they should start dialysis at a particularly early time. If the patients with Uremia caused by Diabetes can make a rational dialysis plan and guarantee adequate dialysis and sufficient nutrition supplement as well as prevent the complications, they will be able to make the patients have a good therapeutic result and prognosis. If you want to know more about dialysis and the right time for starting dialysis, please consult us on line or email to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com.